Bok scrumhalf Cobus Reinach victim of death threat, says Rassie Erasmus

According to a social media post from Springbok director of rugby Rassie Erasmus, scrumhalf Cobus Reinach, who started in the 29-28 Rugby World Cup quarter-final win over France on Saturday, has been the target of a death threat.

This is obviously not true. Unfortunately these threats was made to Cobus Reinach!! Its not nice and upsets a mom and dad to see things like that said about their boy! But we are not gonna whine, we will just move on!!! Hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie ???? https://t.co/sghjhA2z9l pic.twitter.com/61ZFBQJxT8

Erasmus took to X (formerly known as Twitter) on Thursday, where he included screenshots of the threat, which translated into English read: "Dirty son of a b****, I hope that when you return to Montpellier, you get murdered by French people on the ground. Gang of thieves, easy to win the title by cheating."

The threat also included a picture of Cobus Reinach's son, with Erasmus adding: "Unfortunately, these threats was [sic] made to Cobus Reinach!! It's not nice and upsets a mom and dad to see things like that about their boy! Be we are not gonna whine, we will just move on!! Hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie." 

This is a developing story and News24 Sport has contacted SA Rugby for more details.